People · Germany
Daniel Back
3×3 · top 0.97% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025BACK05
Daniel Back has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.64, set at Rubik's German Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.97% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Germany. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2025, he has put 644 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.84 in June 2025 to 6.64, a 15% improvement. Daniel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.64 | 8.06 | top 0.97% | 49 / 4,109 | |
| 2×2 | 1.23 | 1.79 | top 1.1% | 54 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.51 | 3.72 | top 2.2% | 47 / 1,987 | |
| Skewb | 2.58 | 3.34 | top 3.2% | 30 / 1,169 | |
| 4×4 | 34.51 | 41.07 | top 6.3% | 135 / 1,934 | |
| Clock | 7.04 | 8.29 | top 11.1% | 60 / 634 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.38 | 21.79 | top 11.1% | 143 / 1,314 | |
| Square-1 | 12.64 | 15.79 | top 11.2% | 51 / 533 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.89 | 1:13.55 | top 12.6% | 86 / 787 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.80 | 1:30.50 | top 22.2% | 230 / 1,158 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.86 | 3:20.31 | top 24.5% | 77 / 343 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup III 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Darmstadt Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ulmgedreht 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Rhön Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at South Germany 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Darmstadt Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ulmgedreht 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhön Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dreiländereck-Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup IV 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Noah Kraft — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Alwin Rölz — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Samuel Ballas — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.